Include instructions to update /etc/default/gitlabdocs/include-gitlab-defaul-example-in-updates

We were missing some info on updating /etc/default/gitlab

In particular, changes needed to be made in order for Pages to work,
see https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/29372

2 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/doc/update/8.16-to-8.17.md b/doc/update/8.16-to-8.17.md
index 954109ba18f..74ffe0bc846 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.16-to-8.17.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.16-to-8.17.md
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout v4.1.1
 
 #### New configuration options for `gitlab.yml`
 
-There are new configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`][yaml]. View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
+There might be new configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`][yaml]. View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
 
 ```sh
 cd /home/git/gitlab
@@ -195,6 +195,16 @@ See [smtp_settings.rb.sample] as an example.
 
 #### Init script
 
+There might be new configuration options available for [`gitlab.default.example`][gl-example].
+You need to update this file if you want to [enable GitLab Pages][pages-admin].
+View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `/etc/default/gitlab`:
+
+```sh
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+
+git diff origin/8-16-stable:lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example origin/8-17-stable:lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example
+```
+
 Ensure you're still up-to-date with the latest init script changes:
 
 ```bash
@@ -254,3 +264,5 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:restore RAILS_ENV=production
 If you have more than one backup `*.tar` file(s) please add `BACKUP=timestamp_of_backup` to the command above.
 
 [yaml]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-17-stable/config/gitlab.yml.example
+[gl-example]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/8-17-stable/lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example
+[pages-admin]: ../administration/pages/source.md
diff --git a/doc/update/8.17-to-9.0.md b/doc/update/8.17-to-9.0.md
index 1fe38cf8d2a..626507c0482 100644
--- a/doc/update/8.17-to-9.0.md
+++ b/doc/update/8.17-to-9.0.md
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ sudo -u git -H git checkout v5.0.0
 
 #### New configuration options for `gitlab.yml`
 
-There are new configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`][yaml]. View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
+There might be configuration options available for [`gitlab.yml`][yaml]. View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `gitlab.yml`:
 
 ```sh
 cd /home/git/gitlab
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Update your current configuration as follows, replacing with your storages names
 
 **For Omnibus installations**
 
-1. Upate your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`, from
+1. Update your `/etc/gitlab/gitlab.rb`, from
 
   ```ruby
   git_data_dirs({
@@ -260,6 +260,14 @@ See [smtp_settings.rb.sample] as an example.
 
 #### Init script
 
+There might be new configuration options available for [`gitlab.default.example`][gl-example]. View them with the command below and apply them manually to your current `/etc/default/gitlab`:
+
+```sh
+cd /home/git/gitlab
+
+git diff origin/8-17-stable:lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example origin/9-0-stable:lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example
+```
+
 Ensure you're still up-to-date with the latest init script changes:
 
 ```bash
@@ -319,3 +327,4 @@ sudo -u git -H bundle exec rake gitlab:backup:restore RAILS_ENV=production
 If you have more than one backup `*.tar` file(s) please add `BACKUP=timestamp_of_backup` to the command above.
 
 [yaml]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/9-0-stable/config/gitlab.yml.example
+[gl-example]: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/blob/9-0-stable/lib/support/init.d/gitlab.default.example